I started with the silver CoCo 1 with 16K, upgraded that to 32K, then jumped to the white 64K CoCo 1 with ECB. Lastly I got a stock 128K CoCo 3 with CM-8, and roughly, around the same time, the earliest Tandy 1000 models around 1987.

This had a single 5.25" floppy, 384K RAM, and the standard Tandy Color RGB monitor, don't recall what model#

That machine got a few upgrades from me, an internal modem, a "hard card" which was a hard drive and controller board on one expansion slot, and I don't think I upgraded the RAM on that model.

This was my first "PC" computer, and got me into the world of MS-DOS and I've been a PC person ever since. I have as many fond Tandy 1000 memories as I do with my CoCo 1/2/3, so I was a Tandy guy throughout most of the 80's.

I do have on my wish list, to get some model of Tandy 1000 with the original Tandy 16-color graphics and 3-voice music chip, aka the PC Jr. clone it started out as.

Loved playing all the Sierra On-line graphics adventures, all the "quests" series, Thexder, Silpheed, etc.

Enough about me and my Tandys.

Steve Strowbridge aka The Original Gamer Stevie StrowHost of CoCoTALK! the nation's leading live talk show featuring the Tandy Color Computer

I guess I should have clarified, my first computer was a CoCo 1. The Tandy 1000 was my first PC. I built many PC compatibles from the ground up after that. Now at home, I use an iMac and a Dell Laptop with Windows 10.

The CoCo and Tandy 1000 will both always have a special place in my heart.